Agricultural Economists are central in the process of working towards the SDGs

Posted on August 14, 2018

This was a clear message from the discussions at the triannual International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Vancouver, Canada. From the 28th of July to the 2nd of August the world’s agricultural economists got together at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural...

Highlights for UP at the World Congress for Environmental and Resource Economists

Posted on August 07, 2018

The World Congress for Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) is a flagship event organised every four years as the main scientific forum for scholars in the field. Dr Selma Karuaihe, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the...

UP academic, ‘a fighter against hunger'

Posted on July 03, 2018

Hunger is on the rise again worldwide, despite the rapid progress needed to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Currently, one person in three is...

UP researcher participates in global discussions on disruptive innovations, value chains, and rural development

Posted on June 20, 2018

Dr Colleta Gandidzanwa, a researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria, attended the conference of the International Consortium on Applied Bio-economy Research (ICABR) at the World Bank in Washington DC from 12 to 15 June...

Collaboration opportunities for UP at World Outlook Conference

Posted on June 11, 2018

On the 7th and 8th of June 2018, Dr Tracy Davids, a researcher at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, and manager of the Bureau of Food and Agricultural Policy’s commodity markets division attended the annual World Outlook Conference in Spiez,...

Record harvest for LEVLO at recent graduation ceremonies

Posted on May 09, 2018

The 2018 autumn graduation ceremony marked a record harvest of graduates for the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development. The Department graduated eight PhD students; six in Agricultural Economics, one in Rural Development and one in Environmental Economics.

Food policy and nutrition economics in the SDG era

Posted on February 27, 2018

For analysts and academics alike, the world of development policy changes quickly. Decision-makers are faced with increasing complexity and a growing list of elements that have to be taken into account in policy reform and design.

Melissa attends prestigious Ronald Coase Institute’s workshop on Institutional Economics

Posted on January 16, 2018

Upon her recent return from the Ronald Coase Intuitional Economics workshop in Bogota, Colombia, Melissa van der Merwe, lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development summed her experience up as: “Never in my life have I had the level of intellectual...